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Rüştü Mert Kaşka is an Associate in Corporate Affairs Department of Erdem & Erdem. He especially provides legal advice on infrastructure projects, project finance, real estate law, commercial contracts and mergers and acquisitions. He actively participates in preparation and negotiation of project documentation in infrastructure projects including engineering, procurement and construction contracts, operation and maintenance contracts and sub-contracts.
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The load increase / reduction instructions issued by the Türkiye Elektrik İletim Anonim Şirketi (“TEİAŞ”) and market participants’ obligations relating to real-time balancing usually become a point of interest following power outages, malfunctions, and/or administrative investigations...
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Despite the emphasis on “small-scale generation” regarding unlicensed (license-exempt) electricity generation plants in the Regulation on Unlicensed Generation in the Electricity Market (“Unlicensed Regulation”) , especially in the last three years, quite a few unlicensed electricity generation plants have...
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A comprehensive inclusion of renewable resources in the energy mix makes the system less predictable and flexible. To offset this, additional flexibility is expected from the demand side. This flexibility may be attained is through by implementing demand-side awareness and market participation of the...
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Under the Presidency’s Annual Program contemplating that a national carbon pricing mechanism to be established and an emissions trading system to be implemented in compliance with the EU regulations and Türkiye’s long-term target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions, The Energy Regulatory Market...
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In the physical electricity trade, the metering of electricity plays a very important role in several respects such as (i) the metering of actual deliveries and receipts of electricity, (ii) estimation of the electricity generation and consumption in advance, (iii) determining the price payable by the parties for electricity supply...
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Turkish electricity market has been going through turbulent times particularly in 2022. Steep increases in commodity prices that are used in electricity generation have urged the policy makers to take measures for minimizing further price increases in the electricity market as well as for maintaining security of supply...
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The Regulation Concerning Unlicensed Electricity Generation in the Electricity Market (“Regulation”) has been amended by the amending regulation which was published in the Official Gazette numbered 31920 and dated 11.08.2022 (“Amending Regulation”). The Amending Regulation has introduced...
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In response to the rapid increase of use of electric vehicles, legislative and regulatory initiatives have been taken to create a legal framework for electric vehicle charging services. On 21.12.2021, Electricity Market Act numbered 6446 (“EMA”) was amended to introduce charging services...
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The use of general terms and conditions is a commercial reality not only in consumer transactions but also in commercial transactions in certain industries such as automotive, banking, insurance, telecommunications and energy...
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Legal Developments
Several changes have been made on Electricity Generation Regulation in the Electricity Market, the Regulation on Connection and System Usage in the Electricity Market, Electricity Market Balancing and Settlement Regulation, Regulation on Storage Activities in the Electricity Market, Electricity Grid...
Legal Developments
The Regulation (“Amending Regulation”) Amending the Regulation on Unlicensed Electricity Generation in Electricity Market ("Regulation") and Energy Market Regulatory Board’s decision dated 04.08.2022 numbered 11098 (“Decision”) have been published in the Official Gazette dated 11.08.2022 and...